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Girls from 11 Minneapolis Public Schools participate in Summer Science Camp
Summer science camp doesn't sound very thrilling to most people, but the enthusiasm was present to the 120 giggling, middle school girls as they proudly presented their projects at the second annual GEMS Summer Program at Augsburg College.
GEMS or Girls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science Program is one of the Science Education outreach programs sponsored through the NASA Space Grant at the college. The program is aimed at girls who show a real interest in math, science, and technology.
GEMS is a year-round science program for young women in grades 4-8 that provides middle school girls with an environment to participate in intensive, hands-on activities relating to the math and science fields. The program aims to develop greater confidence and competence in the areas of mathematics, science, and engineering by presenting middle school girls with complex, real-life problem solving situations in an environment that is suited to their learning needs.
Jeanine Gregoire, assistant professor and science coordinator of the Education Department, NASA Space Grant, collaborated with Brad Blue from the Minneapolis Public schools to start GEMS about four years ago. The program now has approximately 250 girls participating during the school year.
"We saw a real need to engage girls in after school science and math programs," said Gregoire. "Girls just need more opportunities to tinker and build stuff."
Girls from 11 Minneapolis Public schools got the chance to build and program robots to maneuver and perform different household tasks, make and edit their very own iMovie, or research different areas concerning monarch butterflies.
Unlike the school year program, the summer GEMS program was an all day event on Tuesdays and Thursdays for five weeks.
Classes were taught by Minneapolis science teachers, pre-service teachers from the Elementary Education program at Augsburg College, and high school mentors. After graduating from GEMS, the next step is to be a high school mentor. Not only do mentors help educate the girls about science, but also help with the transition from middle school to high school. They learn how to be leaders and will the lead the fall retreat to kickoff the school year GEMS program.
It's not all classroom work though. Numerous outside presentations helped build confidence and speaking skills. Field trips to the zoo, Lake Nokomis, and to a commercial studio gave the young women a chance to see their work on a more professional level. Through field trips and making professional connections, the girls really get a chance to be mentored by people in the science fields.


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Stage IV Thyroid Cancer
Stage IV thyroid cancer—also called metastatic disease—has spread beyond the thyroid to the soft tissues of the neck, lymph nodes in the neck, or distant locations in the body. The lungs and bone are the most frequent sites of distant spread. Papillary carcinoma more frequently spreads to regional lymph nodes than to distant sites. Follicular carcinoma is more likely to invade blood vessels and spread to distant locations.
The prognosis for patients with distant metastases is poor.
About this Treatment Information
The following is a general overview of treatment for stage IV thyroid cancer. Cancer treatment may consist of surgery, radioactive iodine treatment, radiation, chemotherapy, or a combination of these treatment techniques. Combining two or more of these treatment techniques has become an important approach for increasing a patient's chance of cure and prolonging survival.
In some cases, participation in a clinical trial utilizing new, innovative therapies may provide the most promising treatment. Treatments that may be available through clinical trials are discussed in the section titled Strategies to Improve Treatment.
Circumstances unique to each patient's situation influence which treatment or treatments are utilized. The potential benefits of multi-modality care, participation in a clinical trial, or standard treatment must be carefully balanced with the potential risks. The information on this website is intended to help educate patients about their treatment options and to facilitate a mutual or shared decision-making process with their treating cancer physician.
Combination Therapy for Stage IV Thyroid Cancer
Treatment for stage IV thyroid cancer is usually a combination of treatment techniques including surgery and radioactive iodine treatment.
Surgery for stage IV thyroid cancer typically consists of removing the entire thyroid, a procedure called a total thyroidectomy.
Total thyroidectomy is associated with a side effect called hypoparathyroidism, which is a low level of a hormone that is normally released from the thyroid called parathyroid hormone. Parathyroid hormone is important for maintaining calcium levels in the blood. Without a functioning thyroid, blood calcium levels become abnormally low, causing a variety of symptoms that typically include weakness and muscle cramps and tingling, burning, and numbness in the hands. This condition is called hypoparathyroidism. This complication may be reduced if a small amount of thyroid tissue is left, a procedure that may be referred to as a near-total thyroidectomy.
Radioactive Iodine Treatment
Iodine is a natural substance that the thyroid uses to make thyroid hormone. The radioactive form of iodine is collected by the thyroid gland in the same way as non-radioactive iodine. Since the thyroid gland is the only area of the body that uses iodine, the radiation does not concentrate in any other areas of the body. The radioactive iodine that is not taken up by thyroid cells is eliminated from the body, primarily in urine. It is therefore a safe and effective way to test and treat thyroid conditions.
Research indicates that treatment with radioactive iodine improves survival for patients with thyroid cancer that has spread to nearby lymph nodes or to distant locations in the body. 1
However, some patients with progressive metastatic disease do not take up iodine in their thyroid cells. Treatments are more limited for these patients and they may benefit from participating in a clinical trial evaluating new, innovative approaches to treating thyroid cancer.
Strategies to Improve Treatment of Thyroid Cancer
The development of more effective cancer treatments requires that new and innovative therapies be evaluated with cancer patients. Clinical trials are studies that evaluate the effectiveness of new drugs or treatment strategies. Future progress in the treatment of stage IV thyroid cancer will result from the continued evaluation of new treatments in clinical trials.
Patients may gain access to better treatments by participating in a clinical trial. Participation in a clinical trial also contributes to the cancer community's understanding of optimal cancer care and may lead to better standard treatments. Patients who are interested in participating in a clinical trial should discuss the risks and benefits of clinical trials with their physician. Areas of active investigation aimed at improving the treatment of stage IV thyroid cancer include the following:
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): IMRT allows radiation to be delivered more precisely with the use of the following advanced techniques:
- Three-dimensional scans of the cancer help determine where the radiation should be targeted.
- A rotating device delivers radiation from every point around the cancer, rather than only a few points as with conventional radiation therapy.
- Special blocking devices—called leaves—direct the radiation away from sensitive organs and toward the cancer.
IMRT appears to reduce the chance of injury to healthy body structures that are near the cancer while delivering higher doses of radiation to the cancer. In the treatment of thyroid cancer, this means that sensitive cells in the neck area—such as the cells that line the throat—may be spared from radiation damage, reducing side effects and improving quality of life.
Preliminary findings reported by researchers in New York suggest that IMRT is an effective treatment for select cases of thyroid cancer. However, long-term research is needed to confirm these findings. 2IMRT may be available through a clinical trial.
Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy uses drugs that kill rapidly dividing cells, a hallmark of cancer. Cancer chemotherapy may consist of single drugs or combinations of drugs. It can be administered through a vein, injected into a body cavity, or delivered orally in the form of a pill. Chemotherapy is different from surgery or radiation therapy in that the cancer-fighting drugs circulate in the blood to parts of the body where the cancer may have spread and can kill or eliminate cancers cells at sites great distances from the original cancer. As a result, chemotherapy is considered a systemic treatment.
Doctors have observed that chemotherapy may help relieve symptoms of advanced thyroid cancer and may increase survival of some patients. 3
Surgery to remove metastases: Surgery to remove metastases from thyroid cancer has been shown to benefit some patients. In a clinical trial, metastases from thyroid cancer were removed from the mediastinum (area behind the breast bone), lung, bone, kidneys, and brain of 29 patients with advanced thyroid cancer. All patients were also treated with multiple radioiodine treatments. External-beam radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and other measures to relieve symptoms of the cancer were used. 4
1 Podnos YD, Smith D, Wagman LD, Ellenhorn JD. Radioactive iodine offers survival improvement in patients with follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. Surgery. 2005;128(6):1072-6.
2 Rosenbluth BD, Serrano V, Happersett L, et al. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for the treatment of nonanaplastic thyroid cancer . International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2005;63(5):1419-26.
3 De Besi P, Busnardo B, Toso S, et al. Combined chemotherapy with bleomycin, adriamycin, and platinum in advanced thyroid cancer. Journal of Endocrinology Investigation. 1991;14(6):475-80.
4 Pak H, Gourgiotis L, Chang WI, et al. Role of metastasectomy in the management of thyroid carcinoma: the NIH experience. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2003;82(1):10-8.
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A box arrived at my doorstep the other day. This is what I found when I opened it:
It's always a happy moment to open up that box and see your books all printed up and looking nice. A very happy moment indeed.
It's even better to hold the book in your hand.
It's quite an honor to have something like this printed up and see it on the bookshelves. Well, I haven't been out that much lately, so I'm assuming the books are in bookstores at this time. Seeing as the book was officially released on the 25th, I'd like to think that yes, the books are available NOW! Go now! Buy buy buy! Spend spend spend! AND, if you could, go to your local independent bookstore to buy your copy of the book there. They'd thank you for it.
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Gun control's a sticky matter, but environmentalists are hoping bullet control can speed through the legislative system.
A poll of Americans shows that 57 percent support nontoxic, lead-free bullets for hunting, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, which commissioned the survey 657 registered voters.
That's good news for the California legislature, which is poised to take up a bill that would ban lead ammunition for hunting.
A move toward nontoxic bullets would be life-saving for wildlife, such as endangered condors, that are poisoned by consuming spent lead bullets.
"Lead poisoning from ammunition exacts a deadly toll on wildlife, killing bald eagles, endangered California condors, swans, loons and millions of other birds each year. It's heartening to see that most Americans agree there's no reason to continue putting toxic lead into the food chain or risking human health when there are nontoxic bullets already on the market and in use by hunters," said Jeff Miller, conservation advocate at the Center.
The Center backs the California bill (711), proposed by Assembly Member Anthony Rendon, that would mandate non-lead ammunition. The bill would bring the whole state under non-lead bullet requirements; California already forbids lead ammunition in the condor's range in central and southern parts of the state.
The Center for Biological Diversity sees the law as a good potential template for Congress, which could ban lead ammunition in all states, stopping the contamination of wild spaces, game and waterways.
The poll of American voters found that:
- 57 percent support mandating a switch from lead bullets to nontoxic alternatives for hunting
- 27 percent oppose such a switch
- 48 percent think lead should be banned from hunting ammunition, while 33 percent oppose a ban
- 51 percent say Republicans in Congress should work with Democrats to ban lead in ammunition, whereas only 33 percent want Republicans to oppose these efforts
Lead is a well-known threat to wildlife, the environment and humans. Children can suffer neurological or cognitive impairments from exposure
Wildlife birds and mammals are affected when they scavenge on carcasses left by hunters. Millions of nontarget birds and other wildlife are poisoned in this manner every year in the US, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, which reports that nearly 500 scientific papers have documented the dangers to wildlife from lead exposure.
"We've reduced toxic lead in our air, water and food by banning lead from gasoline, plumbing, paint, ceramic eating utensils, toys, jewelry and imported candy," said Miller. "It's way past time to do the same for our wildlife and people who eat wild game."


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ITS Connect: April
Contests, computer lounges, course evaluations, and more. Here's what's happening this month at ITS.
Here's what ITS has been up to this month:
Pace Votes Application for Students
ITS and SDCA have developed a fantastic new voting application which is ready just in time for the Spring student elections! This recently created in-house system provides easy access for students to review, evaluate and vote for their student government officials. Good luck to all candidates!
ePortfolio Spring Contest for Students
Don't forget the ePortfolio Spring Contest is still going! Winners will receive a gift card, a digital badge to display on LinkedIn, and will be recognized at the ePortfolio showcase ceremony. We're looking for creative, organized, and accessible portfolios on personal and professional growth. The deadline is Friday, April 25 so get started on your ePortfolio today! To submit, log-in to https://eportfolio.pace.edu and click the link titled "Enter the 2014 ePortfolio Spring Contest" on your ePortfolio Dashboard. After you answer three quick questions you can click submit. Also check out our ePortfolio newsletter for the latest ePortfolio news.
Briarcliff Manor Computer Lounge for Students
During spring break ITS worked with Residential Life and Buildings and Ground to move the computer lab formerly located in the upstairs corner of the Briarcliff Café to a more centralized, easily accessible site. The new location is located in the basement of Dow Hall in the mail services lounge area. The new setting will allow 24-hour access to the lab and is a much larger location with lounging tables and chairs located throughout the area. Students should stop by and visit!
Raffle for Students
Three lucky winners were selected and notified on Monday, March 24! Thank you to everyone who participated! ITS uses our Twitter and Facebook pages to share technology-related information, announcements, and news with the Pace community. Just like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter and you can have convenient access to pertinent information and possible future contests.
Mobile Technologies User Group for Students, Faculty, and Staff
The Mobile Technologies User Group will continue to meet throughout the spring to share and discuss exciting ways that mobile devices can be used in the classroom. Please see the schedule below. All meetings will take place in the main VC rooms (Miller 16/ Civic E 319). All are welcome!
Thursday, May 8: 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
To catch up on previous meetings visit the Mobile Technology User Group blog.
Google Email Accounts Moving to Microsoft Exchange for Students
A reminder to all students that we are transitioning Pace student email accounts from Google Apps to Pace's Microsoft Exchange email system (https://email.pace.edu). ITS has begun to manually move student accounts. Students will be notified via email when their accounts are ready to be migrated. Please follow the instructions listed in the email. (Please note: Students are still able to use the Early Migration Opt-In Tool during this time.) For further information and/or updates students can reference our Student Email Migration to Outlook Exchange website.
End of Support for Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 for All Users
A reminder that as of Tuesday, April 8, Microsoft will no longer provide security patches, product updates and hot fixes for all versions of Windows XP due to its longstanding plans to end support for this operating system version. Please see more detailed information on the following sites: Windows XP and Microsoft Office. This change could potentially expose our university faculty, staff and student body to undue risks since both versions will no longer be updated or patched by Microsoft.
What does this mean if you are a Windows XP and Microsoft Outlook 2003 User?
1. If you are running Windows 7 or Office 2007 or above nothing needs to be done. (NOTE: ITS highly recommends that if you are using Microsoft Office 2007, you upgrade to at least Microsoft Office 2010 or Microsoft Office 2013 in order make the best use of the latest features and tools.)
2. If you are running Windows XP on a personal machine, ITS recommends that you use this opportunity to update your older hardware with equipment that can support updated versions of the operating system of at least Windows Vista or above. If you are unsure how to do this, we recommend using services such as Best Buy's Geek Squad Tech Support or something similar to perform the upgrade since ITS's Walk-In services will not be able to address these requests on personal equipment. Click on the following links to find out the minimum requirements for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. (NOTE: ITS highly recommends you upgrade to at least Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 in order make the best use of the latest features and tools.)
ITS will be focusing on working with department IMOs to address all Pace-owned equipment within our university environment over the next few months.
To find out more information, please reach out to the ITS Help Desk at (914) 773-3333 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Course evaluation is critical in providing constructive feedback to faculty and their departments on the quality of instruction delivered at Pace. Dyson College is urging students taking Dyson courses to participate. To begin the evaluation, refer to the following link: https://www.digitalmeasures.com/login/pace/student. Log in using your MyPace Portal user name and password. It is important that you complete all of your Dyson College course evaluations during the timeframe that they are available: Tuesday, April 22–Tuesday, May 6 to avoid the Dyson College grade delay. Full instructions can be found here: Important Course Evaluation Information. Grades will be delayed until Friday, May 23 for any students who have not completed all of their evaluations by the deadline noted above. Further details regarding the Dyson Course Evaluation process will be sent out to your Pace email when the period opens. For questions or more information, please contact Rich Miller (email@example.com).
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Women's basketball member Kendra Cooper-Smith '23 comes from a family of activists, and she's all about challenging herself both on and off the court. That's why she was recently named a 2020 Millennium Fellow!
The Athletic Activist
This week, Pace will begin an ongoing program of community monitoring, which means weekly testing for COVID-19 and 24-hour results. We also have a COVID-19 dashboard, updated daily, so that we can better protect our community—together.
Important Information: COVID-19 Testing
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The 2014 Occupational Outlook Handbook reports that employment of Dietitians is expected to increase by 21% from 2012 to 2022, faster than other occupations. The 2014 Occupational Outlook Handbook reports that Dietitians who are "Health Diagnosing and Treating" practitioners earn about $73,000. As with other professions, income will vary by region of the country, type of employment setting, scope of responsibility, and supply of qualified dietitians and nutritionists. According to the 2011 Compensation & Benefits Survey of the Dietetics Profession, income increases with years of experience, with the top 10 percent earning more than $77,590. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the median wage for RDs was $60,000 in 2013.
According to the 2011 Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) Workforce Demand Study, Dietetics Supply and Demand: 2010-2020: "if supply factors and limitations persist, there will be a shortfall between demand for services and the capacity of the dietetics workforce. By 2020, a projected shortfall of about 18,000 full time workers (or more) may exist."
The 2014 Occupational Outlook Handbook reports that employment of Health Educators and Community Health Workers is expected to increase by 21% from 2012 to 2022, much faster than other occupations. The mean income for Health Educators in 2012 was approximately $49,000, with hospitals being the highest at $60,000. Some employers may require the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) credential.
The field of nutrition is one of the most dynamic, diverse professions. Thus, career opportunities are quite varied. For example, a solid background in the science of nutrition helps prepare you to:
Some of the food and nutrition career positions held by our Benedictine University graduates include: clinical dietitian, neonatal and pediatric clinical nutrition specialist, public health case management dietitian, dietitians working in gerontology, nurse, dietetic technician, social worker, exercise physiologist, clinical services manager, internal nutrition support sales representative, quality assurance manager, food and nutrition services director, consumer affairs specialist for a major grocery store chain, product buyer, director of client services, manager of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Practice Teams, community and university educator, corporate health promotion and wellness specialist, public relations specialist for a food association, owner of a bakery, nutritionist in public health programs and on reservations, weight loss counselor, author, researcher, and consultant in private practice.
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Space signal demonstrates Galileo interoperability with GPS
ESA's first two Galileo navigation satellites in space have achieved their latest milestone, transmitting dummy signals in a modulation scheme designed to allow full interoperability with the US GPS once operational services start.
"This is an advanced modulation technique that offers robust protection against signal interference and the misleading signal reflections known as 'multipath'," said Marco Falcone, Head of Galileo System Services.
"Significantly, this is also the European version of the Multiplexed Binary Offset Code signal standard agreed with the United States for the interoperability of Galileo and GPS.
"So this transmission helps demonstrate how the two systems will work together in future with no risk of signal interference."
The first two Galileo satellites were launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana into medium orbits on 21 October 2011, and since then have been progressively put through their paces in a series of tests.
These satellites are serving to validate the Galileo system design as well as being fully functional elements of the full 30-strong constellation that will follow.
Four satellites, the minimum number needed to achieve a position fix at user level, will become available later on this year.
This autumn the next two satellites will be launched together from French Guiana.
Once they are commissioned, Galileo will have its operational nucleus complete, able to perform actual ranging when all four satellites are visible from a receiver.
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As Libyan militiamen encounter rough going against the better-armed forces of Muammar Qaddafi, the calls for attacking Qaddafi's air force are growing in the United States.
On Sunday, three prominent US senators – John Kerry, John McCain, and Mitch McConnell – expressed support for a no-fly zone to prevent Libyan jets and helicopters from attacking civilians and the anti-Qaddafi rebel fighters.
Speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation," Sen. Kerry, who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, ruled out the use of ground forces to topple the Libyan dictator.
But he suggested that "one could crater the airports and the runways and leave them incapable of using them for a period of time."
Speaking on ABC News' "This Week," Sen. McCain said, "We can't risk allowing Qaddafi to massacre people from the air, both by helicopter and fixed-wing [aircraft]."
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told CBS's "Face the Nation" that a no-fly zone is "worth considering."
Also Sunday, former UN Ambassador Bill Richardson called for a no-fly zone in Libya.
"Next week is going to be crucial and the most important step is the development of an internationally recognized no-fly zone," he said on CNN's "State of the Union."
The idea has gotten top-level push-back from the Obama administration in recent days.
Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee this past week, Defense Secretary Gates warned against "loose talk" on any US military intervention in the Libyan conflict, including imposition of a no-fly zone.
"Let's just call a spade a spade," he said. "A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defenses. That's the way you do a no-fly zone. And then you can fly planes around the country and not worry about our guys being shot down. But that's the way it starts."
At a Pentagon press conference, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that a no-fly zone would be "an extraordinarily complex operation to set up."
"Lots of people throw around the phrase of 'no-fly zone,' and they talk about it as though it's just a game, a video game or something, and some people who throw that line out have no idea what they're talking about," White House chief of staff William Daley said on NBC's "Meet the Press" program Sunday. "The president has said all options are on the table, but this has to be an international effort."
But McCain, the senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, contends that "these air assets that Qaddafi has are not overwhelming," as he put it to "This Week" anchor Christiane Amanpour.
"I would like to point out their air assets are not large," said McCain, a former Vietnam POW who knows first-hand what it's like to be shot down in air combat. "Their air defenses are somewhat antiquated."


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In a discussion of how taxes diminish a nation's "opulence", Smith has some interesting observations on the drinking habits of Europeans:
Man is an anxious animal and must have his care swept off by something that can exhilarate the spirits. It is alledged that this tax upon beer is an artificial security against drunkeness, but if we attend to it, we shall find that it by no means prevents it. In countries where strong liquors are cheap, as in France and Spain, the people are generally sober. But in northern countries, where they are dear, they do not get drunk with beer but with spirituous liquors. No body presses his friend to a glass of beer unless he choose it.
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In our wanderings through the texts on the OLL website we have come across a surprising number of references to food and drink. Here is one by Adam Smith and we also have found a discussion by David Hume on turkeys (an obvious choice for a Thanksgiving Day quote) and Desiderius Erasmus on the importance of having Philosophers of the Kitchen. Now we have an Economist in the Bar.


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1909-1956 : The first steps, constructing a model
In 1909, Eugène Schueller, a young chemist with an entrepreneurial spirit, founded the company that was to become the L'Oréal group. It all began with one of the first hair dyes that he formulated, manufactured and sold to Parisian hairdressers. With this, the founder of the group forged the first link in what is still the DNA of L'Oréal: research and innovation in the service of beauty.
Eugène Schueller graduates from France's national chemical engineering school Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris in 1904 and goes on to create the company that will later become L'Oréal, Société Française des Teintures Inoffensives pour Cheveux, on 30th July 1909.
As a young chemist in 1907, Schueller demonstrates his capacity for new ideas by creating his first hair dye formulae under the name Oréal, using a blend of harmless chemical compounds. The dyes are an outstanding breakthrough at the time, providing a subtle range of colors in contrast to other methods on the market, which use henna or mineral salts but produce a bright, somewhat artificial look. Schueller files for a patent (n°383920) on 24th March 1908.
The first issue of La Coiffure de Paris is published in October 1909, featuring contributions from doctors, writers and chemists. Eugène Schueller is part of the Editorial Team and heads the science column, breaking new ground with an article on hair coloring in which he is the first to recommend patch tests. Schueller buys the magazine in 1912.
Through his determination and ambition, Eugène Schueller succeeds in convincing Paris hair stylists to use his dyes. Schueller is brimming with ideas for the new company and brings in representatives to sell his products throughout France. He also sets up a hair-coloring school on Rue du Louvre in Paris, which he personally oversees, using a former hair stylist from the Russian Court to demonstrate his ideas. Quickly grasping that his success is closely linked to that of hair stylists, he sets out to forge a special bond with the profession, which grows stronger over time.
With the war finally over, a new age begins. Around the world, women are working, earning money, growing more concerned about their appearance and seeking ways to prevent grey hairs from revealing their age. Oréal hair dyes are a great success, even beyond the borders of France, breaking new ground in Italy in 1910, Austria in 1911 and the Netherlands in 1913, even reaching as far afield as the United States, Canada, the UK and Brazil.
A talented Jack-of-all-trades, Eugène Schueller continues to turn his hand to a host of endeavors, making celluloid, varnish and plastics (even setting up a company in Russia!). His successes in industry only serve to strengthen his belief that research and innovation form the cornerstone of growth and success. Schueller continues to innovate in the beauty industry, unveiling L'Oréal d'Or, a groundbreaking hair-lightening product creating golden tints and lending an even more natural look to blond hair.
Eugène Schueller takes over the company Savons Français, which was founded in 1920. The company's production site, located at Rue Martre in Clichy, would later become L'Oréal's headquarters. Eugène Schueller begins to put plans to modernize the business into action, focusing on improving quality and restyling the advertising campaign of the famous Monsavon brand.
(O'Cap hair lotion: lather and wash without water). With people still washing their hair relatively infrequently, this foam hair wash, drawing its name from the French term for hair lotion, Eau Capillaire, puts shampoo on the market, reflecting the premises of an educational approach held dear by Eugène Schueller: a campaign to gradually make the French more aware of personal hygiene issues.
In a bid to offer ever more subtle, lasting hair colors, Eugène Schueller seeks to develop an organic coloring solution able to penetrate the hair fiber, drawing on a patent registered a few years previously for a group of fast-penetrating dyes known as paradiamines. Imédia enjoys sudden, dazzling success, enhanced by an innovative new packaging solution unveiled in 1931: while competitors market their products in large containers with a high risk of oxidization, Schueller breaks the mold by packaging Imédia products in individual doses to enhance safety and comfort for both hair stylists and end customers.
Eugène Schueller is quick to realize the value of one of his first bleaching solutions, claiming: "This little bottle holds a huge industry! One day, millions of brunettes will want to be blonde." The world of cinema was to prove him right. Hollywood stars, led by Jean Harlow—who headlined in the film "Platinum Blonde"—launched the new trend, with blond seen as the most seductive color of the time. L'Oréal Blanc bleaching powder was a huge success among top hair stylists, even giving rise to the "Platinum Blonde" club, formed by enthusiastic consumers!
Not content to simply create new products, Eugène Schueller turns his talents to developing promotional events and inventing new advertising strategies. In 1931, he has the idea of draping a sheet over the face of a Parisian building to create a giant billboard for O'Cap hair lotion. In 1932, with radio advertising still in its early stages and commercials read from start to finish from the continuity studio, Schueller is the first to air a commercial that is sung rather than spoken. Thus the "jingle" was born.
Schueller believed there were two types of advertising: publicité d'attaque, designed to raise interest, and publicité de rendement, designed to maximize sales.
To encourage women to focus more on care products at a time when the beauty and personal hygiene industry is helping women enjoy greater freedom, Eugène Schueller publishes Votre Beauté, the first monthly women's health & beauty magazine. The chemist-cum-manufacturer adds a further string to his bow through his work as a publisher, journalist and layout artist, all the while seeking how best to meet women's real expectations, lifestyles and needs. The result is a fresh approach to thinking about appearance.
Shampoo—taken from the Hindi word "champo", meaning massage or to knead—has yet to become an everyday product. Not surprising given that shampoos made by hair stylists, using black soap boiled in water mixed with soda crystals, hold little appeal among consumers. L'Oréal finally gives those in the industry a real shampoo without soap (fatty alcohol sulphates) that is considerably gentler on the hair and sold in 1L bottles. Known as "Dopal", the product range is still sold today as "Dop".


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The Top 5 Driving Pet Peeves of Tri-Cities
Here are our results on driving pet peeves in the Tri-Cities:
1 ) Waiting until the last second to merge into traffic.
2 ) Talking on cellphone while driving.
3 ) Driving under the speed limit.
4 ) Going too slow on the blue bridge.
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Collaborating with Chris Watson on the album "Number One" (TONE-24, Touch, UK) in 2005 caused me deep interest in "field recording" and made me to explore the sound of nature for the following years and until now. The field recordings used on "CRYPTOZOON" were recorded at various locations in Australia, Canada, Europe and Japan between 2006 and 2010 recorded by myself with a handy wav recorder.
However, don't get this wrong : "CRYPTOZOON" is NOT a simple field recording album at all. I used the sound of nature as one of the materials and processed them and synthesized with electronic sound to create this unique electro-acoustic compositions.
"CRYPTOZOON" is brutal, cosmic and intense as well as my previous works, but maybe a bit more organic and earthy. Several years experience in the bush and forest inspired my creativity and gave new color and timbre on my music.


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Everyday Health posted an article recently about a call for Mattel to mass produce a bald Barbie doll for cancer patients and girls who have lost their hair. I am a Barbie fanatic. She is the same age as me, and I still have my first Barbie doll. In fact, friends still buy me Barbie dolls as presents. As the ultimate girly girl growing up, playing with Barbie was my favorite activity. I loved building her wardrobe and learned how to sew by making dresses for her.
The concept of a bald Barbie isn't new to me, however. Another doll that I had as a little girl was bald. I am sure she was a knock off, but at seven and eight years old, I wouldn't have known that. She came with several wigs and I loved brushing them and trying new hairstyles. When I lost my hair during chemotherapy, I thought about that doll often while I was purchasing the three wigs I used to cover my bald head. A bald Barbie is a wonderful idea as long as you provide wigs. Bald may be beautiful, but many of us like the option of hair.
When my niece was diagnosed with childhood leukemia at the age of four, she lost her hair during treatment. She refused to wear a wig or even cover her head most of the time. Once treatment was over and she was out and about sporting a whole head of hair, people remarked at how wonderful it was that she had such lovely hair. One bank teller commented to her that she remembered how cute she looked without any hair, but more importantly how wonderful it was that she was well again. Afterwards, that precious little girl expressed her dismay by asking my sister, "How could you take me out bald like that, mom?" Sister was exasperated and had to remind my niece that it was she who refused cover. Perhaps Bald Barbie will encourage little girls to be as bold as my little niece without any regret.
Truthfully though, do we really need Barbie to make it okay to be bald? As nice a gesture as it is for Mattel to produce a bald diva and present little sick girls with her, women my age are still trying to come to grips with the fact that we didn't grow up to have Barbie's boobs. It is even more distressing for those of us who lost the boobs we had to breast cancer. If Mattel really wants to help cancer patients, maybe they can start with Mastectomy Barbie. In fact, boobless Barbie would improve the self-esteem of a whole new generation of women in so many ways.
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That sucks dude.Which is exactly what happened in the last brikwar I got to play. There was a size 2 heavy sniper rifle (which we ruled to have 2d8 damage but 10" range) which needed either a heavy to wield it, or for it's tripod to be deployed before it could be fired. Fortunately, it also had a scope on it, so I plopped it down, and on the next turn I rolled to get a total range of 20 inches! we each only had three minifigs on our teams, but I got to completely vaporize one of them with the shot! We didn't get to finish that game, so I'm pretty sure I was one heroic feat away from losing my advantage.
Anyway, I'm still not used to the new thing about rifles doing 1d8 damage. I suppose that it is the basic equivalent of 1d6+1 though. Still I have a question:
Generally, my standard weapons fall into three groups: pistols, which do 1d6 damage, carbines and SMGs, which do 1d6+1 damage, and rifles, which I typically rule as 1d6+2 damage. How would I convert that using the 1d8 damage system? Would it be 1d8 for carbines and 1d8+1 for rifles? I know that may be a bit much, but still. As for my weapons sizes, thing the Lego blasters from the star wars sets. I generally rule that if a weapon is close to a similiar size to those, It falls into that category (with the mid-size blaster being a carbine).


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Lois Hart's first northern California tour of duty began in the 1970s at KCRA 3 and at another local television station here in Sacramento.
In 1980, she left to join the CNN news organization and she and her husband, Dave Walker, co-anchored CNN's very first news broadcast. She remained at CNN for eight years before leaving to join CNBC, NBC's foray into cable television, in 1989. Lois also inaugurated the first broadcast of CNBC. Her ability to handle specialized consumer and business news for CNBC was evident in her co-anchoring successes on "CNBC Mornings," "Money Wheel" and "America's Vital Signs."
When Lois returned to Sacramento in 1990, she moved back to KCRA 3 with Dave. Her news coverage highlights of her KCRA 3 years include live coverage of the Oakland Hills fires in 1991, the Sacramento flooding in 1997 and the OJ Simpson verdict in Los Angeles. Dave and Lois celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary on June 2, 2005.
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Pitchfx confirms the obvious: by the sixth inning, Smoltz had lost it. Velocity fell below 90 consistently.Jason Varitek, on Smoltz:
He's still playing catch-up quite a bit, not only with his health, but with the game. ... Everybody's in their stride in the middle of the season and he's not. ... He's still continuing to get his baseball feel and his baseball strength.Tek implies that Smoltz is still in something of a "spring training" mode. If so, then why is he getting big league starts? (I suppose the implosion of Daisuke Matsuzaka has something to do with that.)
But Smoltz has made 11 starts this year -- six in the minors and five with the Red Sox. He has pitched 53 innings, far more than the 27.2 innings that Josh Beckett led Sox pitchers with in camp this year; in fact, Clay Buchholz was the only other pitcher with more than 20 IP. So even with the caveat of recovering from surgery, Smoltz should be far beyond the "spring training" stage.
The two-out runs are getting on my nerves. ... My whole season has been like that. ... I've had times I threw horrible and put up zeroes. I believe I was throwing well. I can't explain some of the hits they got.Smoltz had not allowed three home runs in one game since June 8, 1997 -- and had last given up three dongs in one inning on June 19, 1994.


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Chamber Orchestra with saxophonist David Stambler to perform Nov. 18
Chamber Orchestra with saxophonist David Stambler to perform Nov. 18
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Chamber Orchestra, including faculty saxophonist David Stambler, will present its final performance of the fall semester at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in Esber Recital Hall. The performance also features two sets of dances: one a set of folk dances by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók and the other conceived for the ballet by Igor Stravinsky. The chamber orchestra is conducted by Gerardo Edelstein.
Stambler will play "Tableaux de Provence" by female French composer Paule Maurice. This 20th century work describes the culture and scenery of Provence in southeast France, where the composer and her husband vacationed.
Tickets are $4.99 for the general public and $2 for students. Tickets are available at the door approximately 30 minutes prior. This concert is also available through live streaming video at the Penn State School of Music.
Overture to "L'Italiana in Algeri" by Gioacchino Rossini
"Tableaux de Provence" by Paule Maurice (with David Stambler, alto saxophone)
- Farandole des jeunes filles (Farandole of young women)
- Chanson pour ma mie (Song for my love/mother)
- La bohémienne (The Gypsy)
- Des alyscamps l'âme soupire (A sigh of the soul for the Alyscamps)
- Le cabridan (The Bumblebee)
"Rumanian Dances" by Béla Bartók
- Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)
- Brâul (Sash Dance)
- Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)
- Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)
- Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)
- Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)
"Danses concertantes" by Igor Stravinsky
- Marche; introduction
- Pas d'action
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|This is the article on chapter 142. For other uses, see Kakashi vs. Itachi (disambiguation).
"Kakashi vs. Itachi" (カカシvsイタチ, Kakashi Bāsasu Itachi) is chapter 142 of the original Naruto manga.
Kakashi expresses surprise over the identities of the two men he had been following as Kisame and, more particularly, Itachi. When Kisame tries to take him on, Itachi tells him to stand down, citing that they are too equal in strength and that a fight would only become an inconvenience. As he would not have these same problems, he attacks Kakashi. Seeing Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan, Kakashi instructs Asuma and Kurenai to shut their eyes since they are no match for him. Itachi uses Tsukuyomi on Kakashi, who just barely endures the attack because of his Sharingan. Struggling to remain standing, Kakashi asks why they have come to Konoha. Itachi replies that they are after the Fourth Hokage's legacy.


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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
How the Iraq war's $2 trillion cost to U.S. could have been spent
Jan 21, 2008 04:30 AM
In war, things are rarely what they seem.
Back in 2003, in the days leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon adamantly insisted that the war would be a relatively cheap one. Roughly $50 billion is all it would take to rid the world of Saddam Hussein, it said.
We now know this turned out to be the first of many miscalculations. Approaching its fifth year, the war in Iraq has cost American taxpayers nearly $500 billion, according to the non-partisan U.S.-based research group National Priorities Project. That number is growing every day.
But it's still not even close to the true cost of the war. As the invasion's price tag balloons, economists and analysts are examining the entire financial burden of the Iraq campaign, including indirect expenses that Americans will be paying long after the troops come home. What they've come up with is staggering. Calculations by Harvard's Linda Bilmes and Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz remain most prominent. They determined that, once you factor in things like medical costs for injured troops, higher oil prices and replenishing the military, the war will cost America upwards of $2 trillion. That doesn't include any of the costs incurred by Iraq, or America's coalition partners.
"Would the American people have had a different attitude toward going to war had they known the total cost?" Bilmes and Stiglitz ask in their report. "We might have conducted the war in a manner different from the way we did."
It's hard to comprehend just how much money $2 trillion is. Even Bill Gates, one of the richest people in the world, would marvel at this amount. But, once you begin to look at what that money could buy, the worldwide impact of fighting this largely unpopular war becomes clear.
Consider that, according to sources like Columbia's Jeffrey Sachs, the Worldwatch Institute, and the United Nations, with that same money the world could:
Eliminate extreme poverty around the world (cost $135 billion in the first year, rising to $195 billion by 2015.)
Achieve universal literacy (cost $5 billion a year.)
Immunize every child in the world against deadly diseases (cost $1.3 billion a year.)
Ensure developing countries have enough money to fight the AIDS epidemic (cost $15 billion per year.)
In other words, for a cost of $156.3 billion this year alone – less than a tenth of the total Iraq war budget – we could lift entire countries out of poverty, teach every person in the world to read and write, significantly reduce child mortality, while making huge leaps in the battle against AIDS, saving millions of lives.
Then the remaining money could be put toward the $40 billion to $60 billion annually that the World Bank says is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, established by world leaders in 2000, to tackle everything from gender inequality to environmental sustainability.
The implications of this cannot be underestimated. It means that a better and more just world is far from within reach, if we are willing to shift our priorities.
If America and other nations were to spend as much on peace as they do on war, that would help root out the poverty, hopelessness and anti-Western sentiment that can fuel terrorism – exactly what the Iraq war was supposed to do.
So as candidates spend much of this year vying to be the next U.S. president, what better way to repair its image abroad, tarnished by years of war, than by becoming a leader in global development? It may be too late to turn back the clock to the past and rethink going to war, but it's not too late for the U.S. and other developed countries to invest in the future.
-Craig and Marc Kielburger are children's rights activists and co-founded Free The Children, which is active in the developing world. Online: Craig and Marc Kielburger discuss global issues every Monday in the World & Comment section. Take part in the discussion online at thestar.com/globalvoices.-
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Hey Tom.
I love this article that you've published,as I wrote a similar one and presented to my class with very little positive feedback. I go to an american school, but i'm from Canada, and now i see more clearly the messed up state the western world has their minds in. My friends and I have been helping the homeless and needy with a rage to see an end to it. My family has moved to uganda to help the poor and aids victims there. why does this "christian" nation keep making christ's message of peace and servitude of the poor like a piece of shit by going to war in his name! I can't take it dude, and i will fight to see it's end. I just wanna say keep writing that music dude, preach brother preach!
Later eh!
remember the poor,
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Reaction mixed as local groundhog predicts early spring
Wynter the Groundhog did not see shadow
Groundhog Day arrived with snow on the ground, but it appears Spring is right around the corner. Wynter the Groundhog crawled from her indoor shelter at the Milwaukee County Zoo and did not see her shadow.
That means Spring is coming early, and the news is getting a mixed reaction.
"I'm happy with that," said zoo visitor Rick Fulop.
However, youngster Ben disagreed.
"I love building forts out of snow," Ben said. "And if that goes all away in Spring, well, I can't do that anymore."
Eric Greenwald started removing snow in 2011, the year of the big Groundhog Day blizzard. In 2013, however, the snow totals have been much lower - - anywhere from an inch to three-and-a-half inches of fresh powder.
"It's been tight, but just have to make due with what we get," said Eric Greenwell, who pushes snow in the winter. "To get a snowfall in early February is … it gives me hope."
Meanwhile in Pennyslvania, Punxsatawny Phill did not see his shadow also.
"I heard that this morning," Greenwell said. "So, early Spring. We'll see. Hopefully not."


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The UT Health Science Center Library has purchased a 3D printer for students, faculty, researchers and others affiliated with the Health Science Center. The newly established Makercloset, located on the 3rd floor of the Briscoe Library, provides an "intellectual playground" for exploring 3D printing and design creation in an environment that encourages collaboration, innovation and experimentation. 3D printer users can submit a job request via an online form and library staff will initiate the print job. The requestor is welcome to view the printer in action—although this is a slow process that can take hours!
3D printer users are encouraged to take advantage of shared files located on the NIH 3D Print Exchange, and to share original print files on the Exchange. Additionally, library staff have created a 3D print blog where photos of completed objects can be shared.
The3D printer was purchased with funding from an Emerging Technology Award supported by Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. There will be no charge for the printing of objects as long as supplies last. Many HSC users may find this to be the first stop for printing and tweaking a prototype before they have a final version printed at Creative Media Services. Future plans are to obtain funding to purchase a 3D digital scanner to add to the Makercloset.
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Barbara Cantalupo, associate professor of English at Penn State Lehigh Valley, will be the featured speaker for the next Senior Adults Gaining Enrichment lecture. Cantalupo will present "The Poe You May Not Know" at 11 a.m. Nov. 2 in Room 135 at the campus in Center Valley.
SAGE is an outreach program of Penn State Lehigh Valley for adults 55 or older. Each SAGE session begins with coffee at 10:30 a.m., the speaker at 11 a.m. and lunch at noon.
Although Edgar Allen Poe's name is most often identified with stories of horror and fear, this talk will stake a claim for the less familiar Poe, the one who often goes unrecognized or forgotten, the Poe whose early love of beauty was a strong and enduring draw.
"This talk will show how Poe's 'deep worship of all beauty,' expressed in an 1829 letter to John Neal when Poe was just 20, never entirely faded despite the demands of his commercial writing and editorial career," Cantalupo said. "In that letter, Poe appealed to Neal 'as a man that loves the same beauty which I adore — the beauty of the natural blue sky and the sunshiny earth' (Letters 47). This is the Poe you might not know."
Cantalupo is founding and current editor of The Edgar Allan Poe Review, originally published at Penn State Lehigh Valley. Beginning in 2013, the journal will be published by The Pennsylvania State University Press. She is also series editor of "Perspectives on Poe" for Lehigh University Press. Her edited books include a reprinting of the 1916 revised version of the 1892 novel "Other Things Being Equal" by Emma Wolf with an introduction (Wayne State UP, 2002), "Prospects for the American Literary Study, Vol. II" with Richard Kopley (AMS Press, 2009), "Emma Wolf's Short Stories in The Smart Set" with an introduction (AMS Press, 2009) and "Poe's Pervasive Influence" (Lehigh UP/Roman & Littlefield, 2012). Cantalupo is the author of numerous essays on 19th century American authors as well 20th century American women writers and artists.
The cost of the lecture is $15 and includes coffee and lunch. To register, contact Carol Buddock at 610-285-5059.
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By Professor Kurt Olson
Special to THELAW.TV
There was a time when people's desire to be heard could only be sated by publishing a story or book, or finding some sort of public stage and audience. Today, social media gives everyone an audience, and many of us rush to share our thoughts and lives with a potentially huge group of "followers." We make our private lives public, on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media outlets.
Unfortunately, most remain blissfully ignorant of the potentially devastating consequences of carelessly crafted posts. Consequences of these posts can include criminal prosecution and catastrophes in civil suits. One of my own recent cases very clearly illustrates this point.
My client (let's refer to her as Jane) seemed to have a strong claim against an employer for constructive wrongful termination; Jane resigned her position in response to abusive practices in the workplace. There are a variety of laws that protect workers from having to endure such environments, and these laws include worker's compensation statutes.
The abusive practices in this case became so severe that Jane's mental health was at risk, and perhaps her mental health (or lack thereof) helps explain her later behavior. The claims in this case include:
- The employer severely criticizing Jane for failing to appropriately discipline employees under her control.
- The employer repeatedly calling Jane at home when she was taking legitimate sick days to tell her to stop being a slacker.
- The employer writing scathing performance reviews which sharply conflicted with others' reviews of Jane's performance.
These incidents forced Jane to bring a civil action against the company claiming that it had caused severe physical and mental problems: generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress, and depression.
Jane filed her claim with the Worker's Compensation Board. After each side filed various documents with the board, a hearing was scheduled. Herself a convincing witness, Jane also had two other witnesses who either had suffered some of the same abusive practices or could testify about Jane's positive performance and the employer's questionable practices. Following our presentation, I was confident that our case was strong enough to merit compensation for Jane.
Jane's case started to head south almost immediately when she was called as the first witness.
The opposing lawyer's goals were to discredit her testimony, to show that the company had not caused her injuries, and that her injuries were not as severe as she had claimed. He succeeded in tilting the hearing officer's scales in the company's favor because Jane had forgotten to tell me about some rather damning evidence.
After some preliminary questions, the company's lawyer pulled out a Facebook posting in which Jane had regaled her "friends" with her weekend frolic at a Caribbean resort with one of our two witnesses. The tale recounted how the two had attended a wine tasting, cavorted on the beach with some bronzed Adonises, and generally had a swell time – all while Jane was supposedly suffering from the afflictions she mentioned in her suit. I felt like I'd been kicked in the gut; even though I had a chance to ask Jane whether her therapist had recommended such a trip to help her deal with her anxiety (he did), the damage was done.
But the harm done by careless public communications to Jane's case was far from over. She had alleged that she could never return to work at company headquarters, but she would accept reassignment elsewhere. Upon further questioning by the company's lawyer, Jane repeated what she had said in her complaint. Then, the company's lawyer pulled out another document: an email from Jane to a manager in which she suggested that she would accept an assignment at some other location or at headquarters under a different supervisor. After doubling over from the kick to the gut, I now felt the sting of a vicious uppercut to my chin, sending me reeling into the corner of the hearing room.
When it was over, the hearing officer informed us that she would send out her opinion within 30 days. Over dinner, I gave Jane the bad news: I had seen the hearing officer frown only twice during the process: when she heard about the Facebook posting and when she heard about the e-mail. I told Jane the likelihood of a ruling in our favor was not good, but I didn't have the heart to tell her that she should have told me she was a social media chatterbox and liked to share her thoughts in unencrypted emails.
In today's social media dominated environment, all the world can really be your stage. Just remember that your performance on that stage, whether posting, texting, or emailing, can live forever. And in the world of court cases, that's not always a good thing.


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IT has killed at least 12 dogs and left two others seriously ill.
Now a mystery toxin that struck fear into the hearts of dog owners across the New Forest is thought to have poisoned another two pets.
One dog managed to fight off the substance but another animal had to be put down.
It comes a year after the first outbreak, sparking fears that the next few months will see another spate of deaths.
But experts are no nearer identifying the toxin, which causes skin lesions and acute kidney failure in its victims.
Most of the initial fatalities occurred at various locations across the Forest between December 2012 and March 2013.
The timing of the two new cases suggest that the cause could be seasonal in nature but the poison's origin remains a mystery – despite extensive testing carried out by various organisations last year.
Vets alarmed at the possibility of a fresh outbreak are urging dog owners in the Forest to be vigilant.
One of the practices involved in treating the poisoned pets and investigating their deaths is Winchester-based Anderson Moores.
Commenting on the two new incidents vet David Walker said: "The first dog developed skin lesions and went on to suffer kidney problems. It was hospitalised for more than a week but managed to pull through.
"The second animal became ill incredibly quickly and was in hospital for only 48 hours before it had to be put down."
The dogs are understood to have been infected in the Sway and Wilverley areas of the Forest.
Mr Walker added: "Some of the first cases were presented this time last year and it's incredibly concerning that it might be starting again.
"A huge amount of testing was done in 2013 but failed to provide a conclusive answer.
"Our message to pet owners is to be vigilant and consult a vet immediately if their dog develops skin lesions."
One of the 2013 victims was three-year-old Gemma, who died after being exercised at Linwood, near Ringwood.
A Jack Russell called Squibby is one of only three pets known to have survived the toxin. She developed a swollen paw after going for a run near Latchmore Brook and spent nine days on a drip.
No other animal species appears to have been affected by the poison.
The mystery took a new twist last year after it was revealed that similar cases had been reported elsewhere in the UK, including Cornwall, County Durham and Surrey.


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|Manatee County Government Administrative Center Commission Chambers, First Floor 9:00 a.m. - May 22, 2018
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Dashboard Report for April 2018
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Ed Hunzeker, County Administrator
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On a monthly basis, a number of departments provide current data for the promulgation of the dashboard report. The dashboard report delineates the activity of certain departments and functions and provides a quick overview of the activities and/or revenues for selected parameters within the county. We continue to adjust these parameters based on input and the value of the data.
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A few weeks ago, my friend Kayte and I decided to try a recipe from Nick Malgieri's new book, Bake! She chose Orange & Almond Scones.
I had all the ingredients on hand, including almond paste, which I had recently purchased for another recipe. It had taken some searching to find the almond paste, and, as you know if you've ever bought it, it was quite expensive. In the process of hunting for it, I had come across a number of recipes for homemade almond paste. After paying nearly $6 for a small can of it, I decided making my own might not be such a bad idea.
The recipes I found mostly fell into two categories: paste made with a sugar syrup, or paste made with egg whites. I'm not at all squeamish about uncooked egg whites, but I did think the recipes made with sugar syrup might last longer, so I decided to try the following recipe:
Almond Paste
10 oz dried blanched almonds
10 oz powdered sugar
5 oz granulated sugar
1/4 cup corn syrup
1 cup water
Make a sugar syrup by placing the water, sugar, and corn syrup in a saucepan. Stir it to combine. Bring it to a boil and let it boil for a few moments. Let it cool.
Place the almonds in a food processor and process them to a fine powder. Add the powdered sugar. With the food processor running, slowly add the sugar syrup until the mixture forms a paste.
Store the almond paste tightly covered. If you will be storing it for more than a week, store in the refrigerator.
This recipe came together easily, at least until the end. Evidently, when the recipe says, "add the sugar syrup until the mixture forms a paste", it means to add it just until it forms a paste. I added all the sugar syrup and ended up with something the consistency of tahini paste. Way too thin for almond paste, although the taste wasn't bad.
I decided to go ahead and try one of the egg white versions to compare. Here's the recipe I used:
Almond Paste
- 1-1/2 cups blanched almonds
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg white
- 1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Place almonds in a food processor; cover and process until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar, egg white, extract and salt; cover and process until smooth.
- Divide almond paste into 1/2-cup portions; place in airtight containers. Refrigerate for up to 1 month or freeze for up to 3 months.
Yield: 1-1/2 cups.
This was also a quick and easy recipe, and the taste was far superior to the sugar syrup version, owing mostly to the almond extract and salt.
I had never used almond paste before, so I decided to open the can of paste to see how it compared to the homemade versions.
The taste and consistency of the egg white paste was closest to the canned version. I actually liked the homemade version better, as it had the most "almondy" flavor.
I remade the sugar syrup version, this time adding only enough syrup to get it to a similar consistency to the egg white version. I also added salt and almond extract to the recipe, which improved the flavor considerably.
At the end of the day, I prefer the egg white version over the other two. The canned is my second favorite, with the sugar syrup version landing up on the bottom of the list.
Since I can buy slivered blanched almonds at Mr. Bulky's pretty inexpensively, and it's really easy to mix up, I doubt that I'll buy almond paste again.


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Neil Hamburger
Hamburger's jokes range from variations of "Why did the chicken cross the road?" to celebrity targets, such as Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Jackson, and Diana, Princess of Wales, to jokes about his ex-wife. His pacing is off, and he clears his throat nonstop through his entire routine (often to keep overzealous fans from shouting out his punchlines), which has caused critics to tag him as "the world's 'worst' stand-up comedian." He has performed his brand of comedy, much of it anti-humor, in front of audiences from the New York University Thompson Center to Jimmy Kimmel Live and is often compared to Tony Clifton[1]. One of his most famous gags is the "Zipper Lips," in which he asks an audience member a question. If the audience member doesn't respond, Hamburger derides them for being a "zipper lips." A common phrase used by the comedian is "But that's my life!"
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Rumor: Chris Paul for Russell Westbrook?
Demps laughed at Internet speculation there has been trade talks between the Hornets and Oklahoma City Thunder regarding point guards Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook.
"(Thunder GM) Sam Presti and I, our offices used to be right next to each other, so we still text each other all the time, and I can assure you that has not been a conversation we've had," Demps said, cracking a smile as he spoke to reporters.
HoopsVibe`s Very Quick Call: Losing players in free agency leads to speculation. Losing games also leads to speculation.
It`s no surprise there was speculation that the New Orleans Hornets and Oklahoma City Thunder were considering swapping Chris Paul for Russell Westbrook.
Paul can opt-out of his contract next summer. He can leave New Orleans as a free agent. The Hornets will get nothing back.
Meanwhile, Westbrook, fair or not, became the scapegoat for the Thunder losing the Western Conference Finals to the Mavericks.
Critics felt he was trying to get his offense at the expense of teammates. And critics felt his score-first mentality will make it difficult for the Thunder to take the next step.
A trade makes sense for both parties, right? Well, wrong.
Hornets GM Dell Demps denied ever having a conversation about swapping point guards with Thunder GM Sam Presti.
It`s a no to the inquiring public. The real, unofficial story could be different.
Demps and Presti came up together with the San Antonio Spurs. They were tight. And still are. Demps admitted they text each other all the time.
Know this: NBA executives are no different than you or I. They do business with executives they trust and like.
For instance, Kevin McHale, when he was with the Minnesota Timberwolves, wrapped Kevin Garnett in a bow and gave him to former teammate and friend Danny Ainge, who was and still is boss of the Boston Celtics.
For instance, Jerry West played a part in Pau Gasol leaving Memphis for Los Angeles. West was once the front office Tsar for both the Grizzlies and Lakers.
If Paul for Westbrook happens, it will be because of the relationship between Demps and Presti.
After all, what's a swap of All-Star table-setters between friends?
--Oly Sandor.
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Duping Link: Photo fans swarm Waynesboro
Commercial photographer O. Winston Link was on assignment in Staunton in the mid-1950s when he decided to use an evening off to jaunt over to Waynesboro to get a glimpse of the steam engines on the Norfolk & Western Railway, whose tracks bisect the city on the river located at the foot of the Blue Ridge.
Link liked what he saw on the last main-line railroad to operate exclusively with steam power. And in short order he had talked the station agent into allowing him to take what became his first night photograph of a steam locomotive.
For the next five years, Link was to spend much of his spare time on Norfolk & Western tracks in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland– chronicling the aging dinosaurs that were then on their way out, about to be replaced by locomotives powered by diesel engines.
"No one was really interested in steam trains. Diesel was the new thing," says Kent Chrisman, executive director of the History Museum of Western Virginia, which runs the O. Winston Link Museum, a Roanoke-based collection of the famed photog's works that opened last year.
"Who wanted to see a bunch of old trains?" ask Chrisman. "Even train enthusiasts in those days wanted to see the latest and the newest."
Link's place in the art wasn't secured until long after he had finished work on his 2,500-image steam-engine photo project. It wasn't until the 1980s that the world came to know of Link and what he had done in the foothills of the mid-Atlantic from 1955 to 1960.
People certainly know now. To mark the 50-year anniversary of his first nighttime steam-engine photo, more than 100 Link fans recently braved below-freezing conditions to gather at the site of the now-demolished Waynesboro station.
Norfolk Southern, the corporate successor to Norfolk & Western, assisted the Link Museum with the January 21 event by closing the rail line running through the River City for several hours to allow fans to walk in Link's footsteps, literally, with a setup at the location where he snapped his famous photo on January 21, 1955.
"I've been looking forward to this," said New Jersey native Robert Sullivan, a Link fan since 1995 who spent the weekend in Waynesboro soaking in the atmosphere that drew Link to the train tracks on the city's East Side a half-century ago.
"I want to see if I can duplicate Link's work, or do something similar to it," Sullivan said as he walked the tracks that Link traversed in 1955.
University of North Carolina faculty member Tony Reevy says it's important to remember Link's work.
"Since his first photo of a steam engine 50 years ago, the steam engine has passed almost completely from the scene, except for excursions and tourist railroads," says Reevy. "And many of the small towns he took photos of have declined. With the changes that we've seen in the past 50 years, it's important to come back and remember the scene of the first photo."
Museum director Chrisman says it's also important to remember the man on the other side of the lens.
"Here we are 50 years later, and we still have people who want to learn a little more about the kind of man who would take on a project like this," he says.
The O.W.L. photo that started it all.


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Who Dirtied the Water is an excellent activity found in the Access Excellence Fellows Collection.
In short...
...you begin with some nice clean water from an undisturbed lake. Beavers come and add some wood chips to the lake and a river washes sand into the lake. People begin to settle the area and their waste enters the lake. Soil from farm fields washes into the lake. Eventually a city grows there, with houses, laundromats, factories, etc. Each of these new additions adds something to the lake.
As you read the story, students come and add the material to the water. Periodically throughout the story, you ask the students if they'd want to swim in that water, eat fish caught in that water, or boat in that water.
It's a powerful demonstration of what can happen to a water source over time. And it's great for staring a discussion. Students will have all different ideas of how dirty is too dirty. And at the end, you get to the big questions - who made the water dirty and even bigger - who's responsible for cleaning up the water.
It's a fantastic activity. I most recently used it as part of the local library's summer reading program. Since there were young (preschool) children taking part, I made a few changes.
I made a name tag for each part, which contained a picture as well as the name. The film canisters were labeled with pictures that matched those on the name tags. These modifications made it more meaningful for children who are not yet reading, as well as making it easier for them to participate.
For a nice progression of activities, start with Earth Ball Catch (land vs water on Earth), then do Earth's Water Necklaces (salt water vs. fresh water on Earth), and then do Who Dirtied the Water (take care of the tiny amount of fresh water available).


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This year's symposium celebrates the 10th anniversary of the remarkable collection of written works and memorabilia of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle contained in the Newberry's C. Frederick Kittle Collection of Doyleana. The program is free and open to all Sherlockians and the general public. Light refreshments will be served.
This year's event will feature the following speakers:
Working with the Kittle Collection
Newberry President David Spadafora
The C. Frederick Kittle Collection of Doyleana has now been at the Newberry for a decade. David Spadafora, President of the Newberry Library, will discuss the collection's contents and the tools available for using it. He will focus on The White Company to provide an illustration of how research can be advanced by the collection – and how an understanding of Doyle's interests can reveal important features of his times.
Conan Doyle, Nineteenth-century Man
Jon Lellenberg, BSI
When Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his first Sherlock Holmes tale in 1886, A Study in Scarlet, and set it in both Victorian London and the American West, he had never lived in London nor visited the United States. Many have wondered, therefore, what his sources were for his descriptions of those places. Jon Lellenberg will reveal the unexpected discovery that he and Daniel Stashower made about Conan Doyle's sources for A Study in Scarlet and other early Sherlock Holmes tales when they were preparing publication of Conan Doyle's first attempted novel, The Narrative of John Smith. Jon Lellenberg is co-author of Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters, and author of other books about Sherlock Holmes and his creator. Lellenberg and Daniel Stashower's edition of Conan Doyle's The Narrative of John Smith (written in 1883/1884), was published by the British Library in 2011. Both Jon Lellenberg and Dan Stashower are members of Chicago's The Hounds of the Baskerville (sic) Sherlockian scion.
Recreating Sherlock Holmes' World
Exhibit Design Group, LLC
Sherlock Holmes was the world's first scientific detective, and behind that creation lay not only A. Conan Doyle's medical education at Edinburgh University, but keen perception about how various sciences could be applied to the detection and solution of crime. On October 11, at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, a major exhibition on Sherlock Holmes and forensic science will open, and subsequently tour for six or seven years through science and history museums in America, Canada, and Europe. Much of its planning, design, and fabrication has been done locally, for example by award-winning theatrical set designer Todd Rosenthal of Northwestern University, and at Ravenswood Studios in Lincolnwood. A team of the exhibition's planners, designers, fabricators, props experts, and videographers will present a stunning, images-and-video-rich look at this exhibition, especially its "Dr. Conan Doyle's Study" and "221B Sitting-Room" sets, and answer your questions about what went into this greatest of all Sherlock Holmes exhibitions.


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June 19th, 2013
Print required form, complete, and return to the Township office.
Zoning Permit Application
Building-Electrical Permit application
Mechanical – Plumbing Permit application
Fire Protection Permit application
Driveway Permit App. Rev 04-14
Completed forms may be mailed to or dropped off at the Township Office located at 874 Hex Highway; faxed to 610-562-5490; or emailed to mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com
If after hours, please use the drop slot located at the main entrance to the Township Building.
Effective September 23, 2013 the Building Code Official/Zoning Officer for Tilden Township is Building Inspection Underwiters of Pennsylvania.
If you need to schedule an inspection for an existing permit, please call Bill Murphy at 570-499-7204.
Revised 05/2017
Reviewed 12/2019